"I've been disappointing various people around the world because it was meant to come out in April. It's July now, I think," he revealed.

"There's going to be a launch and something special happening this year for the premiere. The bad news is, there will only be seven episodes and the final season starts [filming] again as far as I know in September."

Liam Cunningham has since backed off his revelation with a funny post on his Twitter account, writing: "Davos don't know date. Mongo only pawn in Game Of Thrones. #gameofthronesseason7"

But a denial is exactly what he would do if he accidentally leaked top-secret info, right? A July premiere date would coincide well with the end of HBO's spring dramas - although the channel has yet to comment.

"I'm panicked for people, I think," Grey Worm actor Jacob Anderson recently revealed. "I think, and this is true of season 6, you can feel that things are coming to a close. It's all getting a bit much. The show's kind of like a pressure cooker... It's just absolute chaos."